Morning of Tuesday 23 October
Qualifies with 42 of 42 minutes. Not taken.
sunrise 06:10 06:52 one muhūrta on
05:2205:4606:1006:3406:5807:2207:46
42 of 42 minutes covered
Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2096
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 10 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas.
Morning of Tuesday 23 October
Qualifies with 42 of 42 minutes. Not taken.
42 of 42 minutes covered
Morning of Wednesday 24 October
Taken. Both mornings qualify; the rule takes the second.
42 of 42 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 05:16 on Tue 23 Oct to 07:04 on Wed 24 Oct.
2096-10-22T21:16:10Z → 2096-10-23T23:03:38Z
Kāla
The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:10–06:52 on the 23rd, 06:12–06:53 on the 24th.
udaya-1: day-muhurta-1-1 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must hold through the first muhūrta after sunrise. It covers 42 of 42 minutes on the 23rd and 42 of 42 on the 24th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both mornings qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 619 s
Ruling
Durgā Saptamī, Daqing, 2096: Wednesday 24 October.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Durgā Saptamī 2096 falls on Wednesday 24 October. Saptamī runs from 05:16 on Tue 23 Oct to 07:04 on Wed 24 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning. It also reaches the previous morning for 42 minutes; by the rule the second morning is taken.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 24 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 24 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 24 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/durga-saptami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 7 Durga saptami (paraviddha) — covering one muhurta from sunrise” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Saptamī | Sunrise 22nd | Covered | Sunrise 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:16 → 16:04 | 07:05 | 0 min | 07:06 | 44 min | 23 Oct |
| Chicago | 16:16 → 18:04 | 07:13 | 0 min | 07:14 | 43 min | 23 Oct |
| Jersey City | 17:16 → 19:04 | 07:17 | 0 min | 07:18 | 43 min | 23 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 17:16 → 19:04 | 05:56 | 0 min | 05:56 | 47 min | 23 Oct |
| London | 22:16 → 00:04 | 07:39 | 0 min | 07:41 | 41 min | 23 Oct |
| Durban | 23:16 → 01:04 | 05:10 | 0 min | 05:09 | 52 min | 23 Oct |
| Dubai | 01:16 → 03:04 | 06:22 | 0 min | 06:22 | 45 min | 23 Oct |
| Delhi | 02:46 → 04:34 | 06:27 | 0 min | 06:28 | 45 min | 23 Oct |
| Kolkata | 02:46 → 04:34 | 05:37 | 0 min | 05:37 | 46 min | 23 Oct |
| Singapore | 05:16 → 07:04 | 06:47 | 0 min | 06:47 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Sydney | 08:16 → 10:04 | 06:05 | 0 min | 06:04 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Suva | 09:16 → 11:04 | 05:33 | 0 min | 05:32 | 0 min | 24 Oct |